Visay Surname
Approximately 86 people bear this surname
Visay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 39 | 1:774,464 | 12,743 |
| India | 35 | 1:21,916,154 | 310,282 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 1:3,349,249 | 20,155 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Visay (263) may also be a first name.
Visay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Visay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Visay (Hindi: विसय) is carried by more people in Venezuela than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Visay? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,020,555th most commonly occurring family name internationally, borne by around 1 in 84,738,906 people. The last name Visay occurs predominantly in Asia, where 50 percent of Visay reside; 44 percent reside in South America and 44 percent reside in Caribbean South America. It is also the 548,616th most widespread given name globally, held by 263 people.
The last name Visay is most prevalent in Venezuela, where it is held by 39 people, or 1 in 774,464. In Venezuela Visay is most numerous in: Monagas, where 56 percent are found, Aragua, where 26 percent are found and Vargas, where 10 percent are found. Barring Venezuela it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in India, where 41 percent are found and Taiwan, where 8 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Visay Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Visay in the Hindi language | ||
| विसय | visaya | 62.5 |
| विसाय | visaya | 25 |
| विसया | visaya | 12.5 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Visay
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